Crews solidifying Main Plaza’s surface

This month and next, much of Main Plaza’s surface is getting the makeover treatment. Workers are currently laying dozens of additional hard-surface pavers, a process to be followed by the replacement of the crushed granite that has been the real focus of public complaints.

“We listened to public input and we had different complaints here and there,” said Jane Pauley-Flores, director of Main Plaza Conservancy, the plaza’s non-profit caretaker.

The paver project is expected to be completed by next week. The replacement of the crushed granite, tentatively scheduled to begin July 15, is a 30-day process. The material replacing the granite will be finer in composition.

“The finer it is the more it compacts, so it makes for a harder surface,” Pauley-Flores said. “What we currently have is more like gravel.”